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February 17, St. Croix, Virgin Islands--Juan Robles, the top distance runner in the Territory used the 3^rd Leave-A-Footprint 5K Cruise Run/Walk the group sailing on The Jewel of the Seas as a tune-up for the upcoming NACAC Cross-Country Championships to be held in Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago on Saturday. His sub six minute pace all the way for the 3.1 mile course from Fort Frederik into Mahogany Road with the finish at the gate of the Ann Abramson Pier. He was unchallenged. Local male runners took four of the top five places including: Jay Gleason second in 20:16; Jason Snow third in 20:59 and Michael Slezak fourth in 21:27.

The women on the cruise dominated the female places with the first eight and nine out of the top ten places. Cara Mitchell led the way with a time of 24:17; Karen Siu was second in 25:42; Lise Gagne was third in 27:27; Carol Aders was fourth in 28:29 and Jody Raby was fifth in 28:43.

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NOTES:

1] Lasting Imprints organizes running and walking cruises in unique places around the world, with spectacular views and challenging courses. In partnership with the local running establishments, who without their help this would not be possible. For this assistance, Lasting Imprints, donates funds to a charity, of the locals choice

2] yesterday the group ran in St. Thomas in an event hosted by STAR (St. Thomas Association of Road Runners)

3] the group runs in Antigua tomorrow.

4] the St. Croix event was organized by the Virgin Islands Pace Runners in cooperation with the V.I. Dept. of Tourism and Lasting Imprints

5] awards included, medals produced by Jan Mitchell Studio, V.I.Pace Runners Medals and Certificates and gifts from the Dept. of Tourism.

6] support was provided by the Virgin Islands Police Dept. and the St. Croix Track Club provided volunteers for the aid station.

7] the Virgin Islands Pace Runners is recognizing its 35 Anniversary…

The next event on the V.I.Pace Runners calendar is the Flight 64 4Mile Road Race on March 2. For information logon to: http://virginislandspace.org email: wallacewilliams@msn.com call: 340-643-2557

AWARD LIST FOR RACE
The LEAVE-A-FOOTPRINT CRUISE RUN/WALK
Distance: 3.1 Miles
February 17, 2014
St.Croix, Virgin Islands USA
Organized by: The Virgin Islands Pace Runners

Juan Robles

********** MALE OVERALL RESULTS FOR 3.1 MILE RACE ***********
PLACE: NAME: AGE: FROM: TIME: PACE PER MILE


1	JUAN Robles	24	Virgin Islands	17:05	17:05	5:31
2	JAY Gleason	39	Virgin Islands	20:16	20:16	6:33
3	JASON Snow	38	Virgin Islands	20:59	20:59	6:47
4	MICHAEL Slezak	30	Virgin Islands	21:27	21:27	6:56
5	JUAN Illescas	24	Jewel of the Seas	23:07	23:07	7:28
6	RANDALL Stark	61	Jewel of the Seas	26:15	26:15	8:29
7	RON Beck	51	Jewel of the Seas	27:02	27:02	8:44
8	JOSEPH Newhouse	52	Jewel of the Seas	27:21	27:21	8:50
9	GERARD Raby	58	Jewel of the Seas	28:34	28:34	9:13
10	MERVIN Mille	45	Virgin Islands	29:20	29:20	9:28
11	STEPHEN Callaghan	53	Jewel of the Seas	29:48	29:48	9:37
12	BRANDON Mitchell	33	Jewel of the Seas	29:49	29:49	9:38
13	LUIS Sanchez	56	Jewel of the Seas	30:16	30:16	9:46
14	FRED Flint	56	VIRGIN ISLANDS	30:55	30:55	9:59
15	SIMON Johnston	52	Jewel of the Seas	31:13	31:13	10:05
16	ARMAND Leblanc	57	Jewel of the Seas	31:15	31:15	10:05
17	BRIAN McCuaig	46	Jewel of the Seas	32:52	32:52	10:37
18	CRAIG Follett	49	Jewel of the Seas	33:16	33:16	10:44
19	BRIAN Huber	39	Jewel of the Seas	36:02	36:02	11:38
20	BRYAN Gelfius	43	Jewel of the Seas	36:07	36:07	11:40
21	MICHAEL Hartley	39	Jewel of the Seas	36:11	36:11	11:41
22	PAUL Rohi	48	Jewel of the Seas	38:26	38:26	12:24
23	RAY Lutz	68	Virgin Islands	40:49	40:49	13:10
24	NEIL Burgan	62	Jewel of the Seas	46:38	46:38	15:03
25	CHARLES Merriman	67	Jewel of the Seas	53:00	53:00	17:06

FEMALE OVERALL RESULTS FOR 3.1 MILE RACE


1	CARA Mitchell	33	Jewel of the Seas	24:17	24:17	7:50
2	KAREN Siu	43	Jewel of the Seas	25:41	25:41	8:18
3	LISA Gagne	56	Jewel of the Seas	27:27	27:27	8:52
4	CAROL Aders	55	Jewel of the Seas	28:29	28:29	9:12
5	JODY Raby	58	Jewel of the Seas	28:43	28:43	9:16
6	CHRISINE Rohi	48	Jewel of the Seas	30:19	30:19	9:47
7	MICHELE Hale	51	Jewel of the Seas	30:32	30:32	9:51
8	JAMIE Bowers	36	Jewel of the seas	30:43	30:43	9:55
9	MALERIE Gleason	27	Virgin Islands	32:00	32:00	10:20
10	LAURA Lipford	50	Jewel of the Seas	32:11	32:11	10:23
11	PATTI Stark	59	Jewel of the Seas	32:12	32:12	10:24
12	CAROLE Follett	48	Jewel of the Seas	33:15	33:15	10:44
13	JESSI Archambault	39	Virgin Islands	33:21	33:21	10:46
14	ADRIENNE Gelfius	43	Jewel of the Seas	36:15	36:15	11:42
15	KATHY Benton	63	Jewel of the Seas	36:21	36:21	11:44
16	RHONDA McCuaig	52	Jewel of the Seas	36:23	36:23	11:45
17	JANICE Beck	51	Jewel of the Seas	36:25	36:25	11:45
18	MARLENE Callaghan	48	Jewel of the Seas	38:19	38:19	12:22
19	NICOLETTE Huber	39	Jewel of the Seas	38:44	38:44	12:30
20	KIM Mischuk	48	Jewel of the Seas	38:46	38:46	12:31
21	MARIA Melendez	51	Jewel of the Seas	40:25	40:25	13:03
22	JENNIFER Bate	41	Jewel of the Seas	40:55	40:55	13:12
23	EVA Burgan	56	Jewel of the Seas	40:57	40:57	13:13
24	JENNETH Merriman	67	Jewel of the Seas	42:27	42:27	13:42
25	LAURIE Bohlke	35	Virgin Islands	42:34	42:34	13:44
26	NANCY Mitrick	70	Jewel of the Seas	43:19	43:19	13:59
27	DEBORAH Plummer	55	Jewel of the Seas	45:14	45:14	14:36
28	PAMELA Vidt	59	Jewel of the Seas	45:33	45:33	14:42
29	LINDA Mulder	57	Jewel of the Seas	55:35	55:35	17:56
30	SUSAN Devereux	40	Jewel of the Seas	55:36	55:36	17:57

MALE AGE GROUP: 20 - 29


1	1	JUAN Robles	17:05	24	Virgin Islands	17:05	5:31
2	5	JUAN Illescas	23:07	24	Jewel of the Seas	23:07	7:28

FEMALE AGE GROUP: 20 - 29


1	25	MAlerie Gleason	32:00	27	Virgin Islands		32:00	10:20

MALE AGE GROUP: 30 - 39


1	2	JAY Gleason	20:16	39	Virgin Islands	20:16	6:33
2	3	JASON Snow	20:59	38	Virgin Islands	20:59	6:47
3	4	MICHAEL Slezak	21:27	30	Virgin Islands	21:27	6:56
4	17	BRANDON Mitchell	29:49	33	Jewel of the Seas	29:49	9:38
5	32	BRIAN Huber	36:02	39	Jewel of the Seas	36:02	11:38
6	34	MICHAEL Hartley	36:11	39	Jewel of the Seas	36:11	11:41

FEMALE AGE GROUP: 30 - 39


1	6	CARA Mitchell	24:17	33	Virgin Islands	24:17	7:50
2	21	JAMIE Bowers	30:43	36	Jewel of the seas	30:43	9:55
3	31	JESSI Archambault	33:21	39	Virgin Islands	33:21	10:46
4	41	NICOLETTE Huber	38:44	39	Jewel of the Seas	38:44	12:30
5	48	LAURIE Bohlke	42:34	35	Virgin Islands	42:34	13:44

MALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 49


1	15	MERVIN Mille	29:20	45	Virgin Islands	29:20	9:28
2	28	BRIAN McCuaig	32:52	46	Jewel of the Seas	32:52	10:37
3	30	CRAIG Follett	33:16	49	Jewel of the Seas	33:16	10:44
4	33	BRYAN Gelfius	36:07	43	Jewel of the Seas	36:07	11:40
5	40	PAUL Rohi	38:26	48	Jewel of the Seas	38:26	12:24

FEMALE AGE GROUP: 40 - 49


1	7	KAREN Siu	25:41	43	Jewel of the Seas	25:41	8:18
2	19	CHRISINE Rohi	30:19	48	Jewel of the Seas	30:19	9:47
3	29	CAROLE Follett	33:15	48	Jewel of the Seas	33:15	10:44
4	35	ADRIENNE Gelfius	36:15	43	Jewel of the Seas	36:15	11:42
5	39	MARLENE Callaghan	38:19	48	Jewel of the Seas	38:19	12:22
6	42	KIM Mischuk	38:46	48	Jewel of the Seas	38:46	12:31
7	45	JENNIFER Bate	40:55	41	Jewel of the Seas	40:55	13:12
8	55	SUSAN Devereux	55:36	40	Jewel of the Seas	55:36	17:57

MALE AGE GROUP: 50 - 59


1	9	RON Beck	27:02	51	Jewel of the Seas	27:02	8:44
2	10	JOSEPH Newhouse	27:21	52	Jewel of the Seas	27:21	8:50
3	13	GERARD Raby	28:34	58	Jewel of the Seas	28:34	9:13
4	16	STEPHEN Callaghan	29:48	53	Jewel of the Seas	29:48	9:37
5	18	LUIS Sanchez	30:16	56	Jewel of the Seas	30:16	9:46
6	22	FRED Flint	30:55	56	VIRGIN ISLANDS	30:55	9:59
7	23	SIMON Johnston	31:13	52	Jewel of the Seas	31:13	10:05
8	24	ARMAND Leblanc	31:15	57	Jewel of the Seas	31:15	10:05

FEMALE AGE GROUP: 50 - 59


1	11	LISE Gagne	27:27	56	Jewel of the Seas	27:27	8:52
2	12	CAROL Aders	28:29	55	Jewel of the Seas	28:29	9:12
3	14	JODY Raby	28:43	58	Jewel of the Seas	28:43	9:16
4	20	MICHELE Hale	30:32	51	Jewel of the Seas	30:32	9:51
5	26	LAURA Lipford	32:11	50	Jewel of the Seas	32:11	10:23
6	27	PATTI Stark	32:12	59	Jewel of the Seas	32:12	10:24
7	37	RHONDA McCuaig	36:23	52	Jewel of the Seas	36:23	11:45
8	38	JANICE Beck	36:25	51	Jewel of the Seas	36:25	11:45
9	43	MARIA Melendez	40:25	51	Jewel of the Seas	40:25	13:03
10	46	EVA Burgan	40:57	56	Jewel of the Seas	40:57	13:13
11	50	DEBORAH Plummer	45:14	55	Jewel of the Seas	45:14	14:36
12	51	PAMELA Vidt	45:33	59	Jewel of the Seas	45:33	14:42
13	54	LINDA Mulder	55:35	57	Jewel of the Seas	55:35	17:56

MALE AGE GROUP: 60 - 69


1	8	RANDALL Stark	26:15	61	Jewel of the Seas	26:15	8:29
2	44	RAY Lutz	40:49	68	Virgin Islands	40:49	13:10
3	52	NEIL Burgan	46:38	62	Jewel of the Seas	46:38	15:03
4	53	CHARLES Merriman	53:00	67	Jewel of the Seas	53:00	17:06

FEMALE AGE GROUP: 60 - 69


1	36	KATHY Benton	36:21	63	Jewel of the Seas	36:21	11:44
2	47	JENNETH Merriman	42:27	67	Jewel of the Seas	42:27	13:42

MALE AGE GROUP: 70 - 79

FEMALE AGE GROUP: 70 - 79


1	49	NANCY Mitrick	43:19	70	Jewel of the Seas		43:19	13:59

Runners Cruise to St. Croix...Leave a Footprint...Donate to Boy's Club...

Brad Nugent, Assistant Commissioner of the Department of Tourism greets the participants of the 1^st Leave A Footprint Cruise Run in Frederiksted on Monday Feb. 21, 2011

Local road runners joined a group of runners representing “The Leave A Footprint Foundation” took advantage of that which the town of Frederiksted offered as an histories and idealistic 5K run course Monday morning for the first Leave A Footprint 5K Road Race. Hosted by the Virgin Islands Department of Tourism, some 50 runners toed the start line on King St. at Fort Frederik Museum and headed north along the shore and east on Mahogany Road into the rainforest and back to the finish line at The Ann Abrahamson Pier.

Runners in the St. Croix rain forest on Mahogany Road.

In the early going, Tyler Jowasis, of St. Croix, fresh off his victory in last week’s 25^th Annual Toast-To-The Captain 8.4 Mile Road Race, took the lead as he was shadowed by Billy Bohlke, Keller Head, Ivan Espinosa and Theresa Harper. Shortly after the turn-around, close to a mile and a half out, Bohlke made his move to the lead to finish first with a time a bit slower than usual of 18:55; Tyler Jowasis held on to second in 19:53; Keller Head was third in 21:01;

Jokingly, visiting runners and those not familiar with the course were instructed to follow Theresa Harper during the race and they would find their way back to Frederiksted and the promenade on the waterfront to the finish line at Ann Abrahamson Pier. Perhaps not by choice, that’s exactly what 46 of the 50 runners did. Harper was in the lead group at the start and maintained her lead female position throughout the race to take first place for females with a time of 21:52.

Notes: Participants in the race included a Stroller category with a parent pushing a child; Leave a Footprint participants have a special event whereby the runner who comes closest to predicting the combined time for all the five island events they run or walk wins and a walkers category.

The race is the first of what is hoped to lead to more for St. Crioix joining St. Thomas and the successful Cruise Run which is now in its sixth year. The Leave A Footprint Foundation approached The Virgin Islands Department of Tourism requesting assistance with staging an event in St. Croix on its first visit to St. Croix. The Virgin Islands Pace Runners is the organizer for the event. V.I.Pace Runners assisted STAR in St. Thomas with the organizing of the first Cruise Run.

The top three male and female finishers received a glass trophy designed by Jan Mitchell; all participants received a special V.I.Pace Runners certificate and a V.I. gift bag from The Virgin Islands Department of Tourism; the first three local male and female finishers received a Leave A Footprint tee-shirt.

Billy Bohlke, St. Croix 1^st Place

The Finisher Male:

1.Billly Bohlke, St. Croix 18:55; 2. Tyler Jowasis, St. Croix 19:53; 3. Keller Hood , St. Croix 21:01; 4. Scott Fricks, St. Croix 22:27 5. T.J. Vandehey, St. Croix 24:47; 6. Simon Taylor, Oakville, Ontario, Canada 24:50; 7. Ivan Espinosa, St. Croix 26:36; 8. Jamie Harris, London, Ontario, Canada 29:41; 9. Michael Harriman, St. Croix 31:22; 10. Stephen Wasner, St. Croix 31:22; 11. Ron Locker, St. Croix 43:18; 12. Paul Evora (Stroller), St. Croix 51:51; 13. Rex Lauterback, Canada 54:56; 14. Charles Merriman, Keithville, Louisiana 55:02; 15. 55:10

Theresa Harper 1^st Place Female finisher

The Finisher Female:

1.Theresa Harper, St. Croix 21:52; 2. Heidi Snow, St. Croix 23:30; 3. Dulcie Crowther, St. Croix 23:34; 4. Rita Farias, London, Ontario, Canada 23:46; 5. Julie Sommer, (Stroller) St. Croix 23:53; 6. Elizabeth Nurnberger, (Stroller) St. Croix 27:34; 7. Chelsey Harris, St. Croix 27:41; 8. Laura Hood, St. Croix 27:52; 9. Grnevieve Keller-Milliken, St. Croix 28:20; 10. Leah Chewning, St. Croix 29:50; 11. Lillian Mallory, 30:41; 12. Julie Eckard, (Stroller) St. Croix 32:33; 13. Joyia Jones, St. Croix 32:33; 14. Maeve-Armstrong Harris, London, Ontario, Canada 32:34; 15. Kristen Page, Oakville, Ontario, Canada 32:34; 16. Charlotte Bodurow, St. Croix 33:55; 17. Diane Lauterbach, Crete, Nebraska 34:44; 18. Michelle Dizon, St. Croix 34:45; 19. Cynthia Whitehurst, St. Croix 35:41; 20. Linda Nelson, St. Croix 35:42; 21. Margaret Ferreras, St. Croix 35:43; 22. Kaitlyn Murphy, St. Croix 36:11; 23. Carol Murphy, St. Croix 36:16; 24. Angela Klein, St. Croix 36:55; 25. Nancy Mitrick, 41:31; 26. Giselle Evora, St. Croix 42:11; 27. Allison Greenshaw, (Stroller) St. Croix 42:45; 28. Jenneth Merriman, Keithville, Louisana 42:51; 29. Hayley Loecker, St. Croix 43:18; 30. Henna Galiber, St.Croix 45:59; 31. Miguelina Ojeda, St. Croix 46:01; 32. Laurie Bohlke, (Stroller) St. Croix 46:03; 33. Lindsey Wagner, St. Croix 54:41; 34. No Name 51:27; 35. No Name 52:03

The next event on the V.I.Pace Runners Calendar is the Queen Mary Highway/UVI 5K on March 18 followed by the Flight #64 4Mile on March 20For information contact The Virgin Islands Pace Runners 340-643-2557 logon to: http//virginislandspace.org email: wallacewilliams@msn.com